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(Ne Medel.) L MAYBE,

n BUCKLE.

10.416.480 Patented Dee. 3, 1889.

`a top View of my improved buckle.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD MAYER, OF sTUTTGARn'WRTEMBERG, GERMANY.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 416,480, datedDecember 3, 1889.'

Application filed April 4, 1889. Serial No. 308,024. (No model.)Patented in France January 17, 1888, No. 186,531 in Austria- HungaryFebruary 26, 1888, No. 42,534 and No. 8,873, and in Germany March 9,1888, 170,421,570.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD MAYER, of Stuttgart, Wrtemberg, Germany, acitizen of \Vrtemberg, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Buckles, (for WhichI have received patents, No. 42,570, March 9,1888, in Germany; No.186,531, dated January 17, 1888, in France, and No.42,534 and No. 3,873, dated February 26, 1888, in Austria- Hungary,) ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

rllhe object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bucklewhich is simple in construct-ion, strong, durable, and cheap, and whichholds the strap o r band in any desired position, and by means of whichthe strap can be locked in place and released easily and rapidly.

The invention consists in the construction and combination ot' parts anddetails, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally be pointedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a top view of thesame, showing part of the strap that it holds. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse sectional view of part Vof the strap or band held by thesame, and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the buckle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The buckle is composed of two sections A and B, made integral oflspring-wire. The

vlower section B consists of a rectangular frame and the upper sectionof a U-shaped frame, the shanks of which are parallel with the sides ofthe frame B. To fasten the strap or band C by means of said buckle, oneend of the band is passed over the free shank b of the spring-frame A insuch a manner that the free end of the band passes down between saidspring-shank b and the side piece d of the bottom frame B and rests uponthe main part of the band.

The band is tightened in the following manner: For example, if it issecured to apair of trousers and Vis to be tightened, the part C of theband is pulled to the right, Fig. 3. In case the strap or band is to beloosened the buckle is seized between the thumb and iirst finger andbrought into a position about at right angles to the one shown in Fig.3, and then pulled to the left. The band is now loose between the partsor Shanks d b and b f, respectively, and can easily be adjusted Withoutbeing subjected to friction. As the strain on the band increases bycertain movements of the body the pressure on the upper part or end Cof. the band between the Shanks b and d is increased and the band thusheld more securely in the buckle. If the band C is slackened by certainother movements of the body, the upper part will be held securelyagainst the shank d by the spring-shank b,

`and thus the band or strap C is always held in its proper position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten t A buckle composed of two sections of wire in adeintegral, the lower section B being made rectangular and the uppersection A U -shaped,

with one free end, the bars of the U-shapedv my invention I have signedmy name in pres-`V ence of two subscribing witnesses.

. LEOPOLD MAYER.

Vitnesses:

T. ABENHEIM, N. K'srNER.

